A former Lamar resident was named the 2019 Miss Colorado USA on Oct. 28 in Greeley.

Madison Dorenkamp, 25, who now lives in Denver, won the pageant along with Sydney Boehler of Fort Collins, who was named the 2019 Miss Colorado Teen USA.

Both will now compete in the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA competitions in May 2019.

Dorenkamp, who graduated from Lamar High School in 2011, was thrilled with the win.

“I have dreamt of being Miss Colorado USA for as long as I can remember, and on October 28th, I made that dream a reality,” Dorenkamp said in a statement posted to the pageant’s website.

Dorenkamp is a marketing and brand developer, after graduating from Johnson and Wales University, with a degree in hospitality management. She also teaches part-time as a Pure Barre Instructor.

According to her bio on the pageant website, Dorenkamp is the creator of her own lifestyle blog, which emphasizes health and fitness. She aspires to turn her blog into a full-time career, brand and video series.

The website states, “Madison authentically connects with people and uses her natural drive to motivate and encourage others in all aspects of her life.”

Dorenkamp hopes to use this next year to touch the lives of others. When she was 13, her childhood home was destroyed by a tornado.

The American Red Cross Association helped her family and her small town. Dorenkamp said she will be forever grateful for the help they received after that natural disaster and continues to raise awareness on all the work that the American Red Cross Association continues to do.

Miss Colorado USA is a competition held annually and consists of three proportional segments: evening gown, swimwear/activewear and interview. Eligible young women must be between the ages of 14 and 27 and

be unmarried residents of Colorado in order to compete in the pageant.

Dorenkamp will receive thousands of dollars in prizes and awards.

The Miss USA pageant will be televised live on FOX. The new Miss USA will go on to represent the United States in the Miss Universe competition, which is televised in more than 130 countries worldwide.